Weathering represents severe destruction to outdoor cultural rock heritages. In the process,
biological weathering caused by microorganisms is known to be the key process. With …

Cyanobacteria are a key biotic component as primary producers in biocrusts, topsoil
communities that have important roles in the functioning of drylands. Yet, major knowledge …

Cyanobacteria colonize the soil surface in deserts where they coexist with other organisms
such as mosses, lichens, bacteria, fungi, archaea, and microalgae, in communities known as …

Cyanobacteria are key microbes in topsoil communities that have important roles in
preventing soil erosion, carbon and nitrogen fixation, and influencing soil hydrology …

Cyanobacteria classified as Microcoleus steenstrupii play a significant role as pioneers of
biological soil crusts (biocrusts), but this taxon is recognized to constitute a diverse complex …

Despite the important role that biocrust communities play in maintaining ecosystem structure
and functioning in drylands world‐wide, few studies have evaluated how climate change will …

Biological soil crusts or biocrusts have critical ecological roles in dryland ecosystems
including soil stabilization, erosion control and nutrient cycling. Global environmental …

Soil carbon losses to the atmosphere through soil respiration are expected to rise with
ongoing temperature increases, but available evidence from mesic biomes suggests that …

In drylands, soil surfaces in interplant spaces are usually covered by biocrusts, which consist
of communities of heterotrophic and chemoautotrophic bacteria, cyanobacteria, mosses …

Soil surface communities dominated by mosses, lichens, and cyanobacteria (biocrusts) are
common between vegetation patches in drylands worldwide and are known to affect soil …